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Days of Heaven is a 1978 American romantic period drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick, and starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard and Linda Manz. [4] Set in 1916, it tells the story of Bill and Abby, lovers who travel to the Texas Panhandle to harvest crops for a wealthy farmer.
Oct 6, 1978 · Days of Heaven: Directed by Terrence Malick. With Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz. A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
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- Drama, Romance
- Terrence Malick
- 1978-10-06
Dec 7, 1997 · Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven'' has been praised for its painterly images and evocative score, but criticized for its muted emotions: Although passions erupt in a deadly love triangle, all the feelings are somehow held at arm's length. This observation is true enough, if you think only about the actions of the adults in the story. But watching this 1978 film again recently, I was struck ...
Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/18/23 Full Review Pablo A Dazzling in its visual elegance, 'Days of Heaven' stands as a cinematic masterpiece. Every frame is a work of art, a visual ...
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- Terrence Malick
- PG
- Richard Gere
A 1978 period tragedy set in the Texas panhandle, featuring Oscar-winning cinematography by Nestor Almendros. The film follows a love triangle among a fugitive steelworker, his girlfriend, and a farmer, and depicts the harsh realities of turn-of-the-century labor.
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Synopsis. Bill ( Richard Gere ), his girlfriend Abby ( Brooke Adams) and his young teen sister Linda ( Linda Manz) are forced to flee Chicago when Bill accidentally kills the foreman ( Stuart Margolin) at the steel mill at which he works. They hop a train and eventually arrive at a wheat farm in the Texas panhandle.
Days of Heaven (1978) opens on a photo montage of life and work in early twentieth century America, set to a delicate, haunting piece for piano that cascades up and down the keyboard with sounds at once beautiful, fragile, nostalgic and ominous. Ennio Morricone's exquisite score sounds timeless, like an archival discovery of lost classical work ...
